Locomotive-tender frame



C. ThwESTL-AKE.

LOCOMOTIVE TENDER FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1920.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

[7? 0672 for Wmr/es T l Veailake CHARLES El. WESTLAFZL LL JUIS,

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specification of letters Patent.

Patented 215,

An lilcatlon filed November W53.

To all whom e't may concern:

Be it known that l, Oneness T. "Wasa- LAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lccomotive-Tender Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which,

Figure l is a top plan view of one end of a locomotive tender frame illustrating my improvement.

Fig. 2 is 'a front elevational view of said tender frame. 7

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing the manner of securing the tank to the tender frame.

Fig. t is a similar view showing a modification.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the shim.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in locomotive tender frames, the object being to construct a simple, cheap and eliicient attaching means between the tank and the tender frame, this attaching means being capable of adjustment to compensate for irregularities in manufacture whichproduoethevariations in the lengths of the tanks and the underframes. lit is desirable that the tank fit tightly lengthwise between the brackets on the undersills which form a part of the attaching devices, and as the bottom corner of the tank is usually formed of an angle section riveted to the side and bottomplates of the tank, the rivet heads project beyond the vertical plane oi" the tank plate. These rivets must be cleared when the tank is lowered into position on the under-frame so that there is an initial space between the brackets on the end sill of the end plate of the tank and this space is taken up or occupied by a removable shim whose vertical leg is of the desired thickness to close the gap between the end of the tank and the bracket, and in this manner form a tight connection between the tank and the underframe having due regard for the clearance oi the rivet heads above mentioned in placing the tank upon, or removing from the undertrame.

in the drawings, 1 end s of an undertrame which i s preferably cas integral with the side sills 2 and the draft sills 8. In practice, I prefer that the entire underzlrame be formed as integral castmg, but this is not necessary in carrying out my present invention, which involves the use of two or more brackets ieither integral with, or separate from and attached to, the end sill 1..

Assuming that these brackets are cast integral with the end sill, they are provided with a shelf portion 5 formed with an opening for the passage of a securing bolt 6. 7 indicates the end wall of the tank and 8 the bottom wall. 9 are the floor boards or timbers arranged on the underframe and upon which the tank rests.

id is a tank lug secured to the end Wall of the tank and having an outwardly projecting flange or foot portion extending over the bracket i. 11 is a removable shim arranged upon the shelf 5 of bracket i, and between said shelf and the foot portion of the tank lug 10 this shim may have its inner vertical leg 12 made comparatively thin, as shown in Fig. 3, or comparatively thick, as shown at 12 in Fig. l, depending upon space to be filled between the end walls of the tank and the brackets In practice, lprefer to have two brackets l in each end sill and after the deck timbers 9 are arranged on the underframe, the tank is placed in position-the space between inwardlyfacing edges of the shelf portions of the brackets being suflicient to afford ample clearance for the passage of the heads of the securing rivets 18, which project beyond the end walls of the tank. When the tank is in position, the shims 11 are made so that their vertical lugs 12 fill the space above the rivet heads, and these shims be slid laterally or from the side of the tender frame into position, such shims being pro vided with openings through which tne securing bolt or bolts 6 may pass.

I prefer to provide two brackets on each end sill which will cooperate with tour lugs, one each corner of the tank, the shims of web that they will coop properly between the lugs on the rackets. construction. the tank is secme to thetender frame substantially at four corners. desired, however, there e bracket log and im on. a d approximately at nithermore, obvious t' a centhe length of the shims is immaterial and instead of having one shim for each bracket, where there are two brackets on an end sill, a single shim may be employed extending entirely across the end of the tank.

What I claim is:

1. Means for securing a tank in position on a locomotive tender frame comp-rising one or more brackets on' the end sill of said underframe. a tank lug, and a shim interposed between the tanklug and bracket and between the bracket and the end wall of the tank.

2. Means for securing a tank comprising end and bottom walls to a locomotive tender underframe which consists in a shelf-like extension on the underframe, a securing lug on the end wall of the tank, an L-shaped shim arranged between the securing lug and shelf-like extension and between said shelflike extension and the end wall of the tank, and a fastening means for securing the tank lug, shim and shelf-like extension together.

3. Means for securing the tank to a locomotive tender frame comprising a tank lug and a part on the tender underframe for c0- operating with said tank lug, a shim movable laterally into position between said tank lug'and part of the underframe, and means for securing the tank lug and shim to the part of the underframe above mentioned.

4. The combination with a locomotive tender frame having an end sill, of a bracket on said end sill, a tank, a lug on the end wall of said tank, said lug having a horizontally extending portion located above said bracket, there being a rivet-head clearance space between the end wall of the tank and bracket, a shim interposed between the lug and bracket and having one edge engaging the end wall of the tank, and fastening means for holding the tank lug, shim and bracket together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature this 16th day of October, 1920.

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE. 

